359, Lot: 219. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Potin Tetradrachm (24mm, 11.92 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 (AD 221/2). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Ares standing left, holding spear and parazonium; shield leaning against spear; L Є (date) in left field. Köln 2340; Dattari (Savio) 4102; K&G 56.57; Emmett 2912.5. VF, dark gray-brown surfaces, flan flaw on the reverse.
From the Hermanubis Collection.